Book: Glimmerglass by Jenna

Published by St. Martin’s Griffin

Purchased for my Nook (231 pages)

Genre: YA: Paranormal- Fairies

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Goodreads Summary: It’s all she’s ever wanted to be, but it couldn’t be further from her grasp…

Dana Hathaway doesn’t know it yet, but she’s in big trouble.  When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again, Dana decides she’s had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the captivating, magical world of Faerie intersect. But from the moment Dana sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she isn’t just an ordinary teenage girl—she’s a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and the only person who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie.  

Soon, Dana finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat game of Fae politics. Someone’s trying to kill her, and everyone seems to want something from her, from her newfound friends and family to Ethan, the hot Fae guy Dana figures she’ll never have a chance with… until she does.  Caught between two worlds, Dana isn’t sure where she’ll ever fit in and who can be trusted, not to mention if her world will ever be normal again…

I liked Glimmerglass.  You really can’t go wrong with fairies.  I love the idea of a fairiewalker, who can bring magic into the mortal realm and technology into Faerie.  Seriously cool.  Also cool?  The fact that whoever controls the fairiewalker has a lot of power.  There’s more mention of fairie politics in this novel than I’ve seen in a lot of other books involving fairies.  Fairie politics is usually involved, but not to this extent.  I have a feeling it’ll be pretty important in the rest of the series.

I liked that she knew she was the daughter of a fairie.  It’s refreshing to see someone who has a general idea of where they come from.  Of course, Dana has no clue she’s a fairiewalker, but I guess that’s the trade-off.  Dana’s okay as a character, as are the rest of them.  No one really stood out to me, with the exception of Kimber.  I felt kind of bad for her, but she’s definitely interesting.

Romance is pretty important in this book.  You have Ethan, who’s the son of an important fairie, politically speaking.  It could work because it could be a really important alliance.  Or it could not work out because a lot of power would be in the hands of just a couple people.  And I have the feeling that Finn, who taught her some self-defense moves, could be a potential love interest for her too.  I don’t like either one but maybe that’ll change in book #2. (Probably not, but I don’t want to rule anything out).  Although more guys could be introduced, considering how important it is to be the one with her on their side.

I liked it enough to want to read the rest of the series, but at the same time, it just didn’t capture my attention as much as I thought I would.  Still, Black did create a pretty interesting world, and it’s a little more complex and in-depth than other books about fairies I’ve read.

I give it a 3 out of 5.